654 IDAHO MINING DISTRICTS. 



Estimation of the total production of the Idaho Basin in 1867, 1868, and 1870. 



The same authority estimates a total production in Idaho of $9,000, 



000 in 1867, $10,000,000 in 1868, and $6,000,000 in 1870. On this Mr. 

 R. W. Raymond comments that his estimate for the total production 

 in Idaho for 1868 is only $7,000,000, and, admitting the excellent facili- 

 ties which Mr. Atlee had for estimation, still thinks that his values 

 are too high, and is reluctant to allow any increase in his own figures. 

 From 1881 to the present year the statistics are in better condition, 

 and the production of Boise County can be closely estimated. In this 

 production the Idaho Basin furnishes by far the largest quantity of 

 gold; it may be safely said that nine-tenths of the production of Boise 

 County is derived from the Idaho Basin. On the basis of these data 



1 have attempted to construct a table giving the probable production 

 of the Idaho Basin to the present date. It is, of course, only a rough 

 estimate, but it has some value. 



During 1884, Plowman's claim, according to the Mint reports, yielded 

 $25,000, Channel's claim at the head of Willow Creek $10,000, and the 

 Granite Creek Company's claim east of Placerville from $15,000 to 

 $20,000. The Chinese companies were during this period estimated 

 to have produced $25,000 a year. In 1883, Placerville, according to 

 the same authority, produced $25,500, Idaho City $381,500, and the 

 Deadwood Basin, located in the northeast portion of Boise County, 

 $8,000. It will be noticed that the greatest production is always that 

 of the Idaho City district. 



